Asymmetric coding of categorical spatial relations in both language and vision

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Roth, J C ^a   Franconeri, S L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Relation perception; Spatial language; Spatial relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870912464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00464     Document Type: Article

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